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Gordon Brown has invited Stonewall to Downing Street to mark Pride London
"The government has stated that eradicating bullying is one of their highest priorities on the education agenda"
Saturday sees London celebrate Pride and to mark the occasion Stonewall representatives have been invited to Downing Street to discuss the Education For All campaign which aims to tackle and eliminate homophobic bullying in schools.
Chief executive of Stonewall Ben Summerskill has said "It its a good opp to talk about some of the things the government can be doing to promote equality and one of those issues is homophobic bullying.
"We were delighted he voted for lesbian access to IVF recently and since he has been Prime Minister the government has introduced an offence of incitement to homophobic hatred"
Those visiting Number 10 will be wearing their 'Some People Are Gay Get Over It' t-shirts, which are available from the Stonewall website.
The 'Some People Are Gay Get Over It' campaign was launched following research conducted by Stonewall that discovered almost two thirds of lesbian, gay and bi-sexual students had been the victim of homophobic harassment. Of that 92% experienced verbal abuse, 41% physical bullying and 17% were subject to death threats.
The government has stated that eradicating homophobic bullying is one of their highest priorities on the education agenda.
